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Puck : (noun)
1: a mischievous sprite of English folklore [syn: Puck, Robin
Goodfellow]
2: a vulcanized rubber disk 3 inches in diameter that is used
instead of a ball in ice hockey [syn: hockey puck]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Puck : \Puck\, n.
A disk of vulcanized rubber used in the game of hockey, as
the object to be driven through the goals.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Puck : \Puck\, n. [OE. pouke; cf. OSw. puke, Icel. p[=u]ki an evil
demon, W. pwca a hobgoblin. Cf. Poker a bugbear, Pug.]
1. (Medi[ae]val Myth.) A celebrated fairy, ``the merry
wanderer of the night;'' -- called also Robin
Goodfellow, Friar Rush, Pug, etc. --Shak.
He meeteth Puck, whom most men call Hobgoblin, and
on him doth fall. --Drayton.
2. (Zo["o]l.) The goatsucker. [Prov. Eng.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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